Pentagon confirms 140 wounded and 7 killed in 10 days as Senate Democrats emerge furious from briefing

The Pentagon disclosed on Day 10 of Operation Epic Fury that approximately 140 U.S. service members had been wounded — 8 severely — and 7 killed in combat, with casualties distributed across sites in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Senate Democrats emerged from a classified briefing uniformly furious, with Senator Richard Blumenthal calling it "incoherent" and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer saying the administration's story "changes by the hour." Democrats threatened to shut down Senate floor proceedings unless Majority Leader John Thune allowed public hearings on the war.